Data & Sources

Seattle is poised to be one of the first U.S. cities to create a safe consumption space (SCS), a proven and positive solution that reduce deaths and medical issues, restore public safety and community spaces, and connect people who use drugs with resources for treatment. But every day we delay means more deaths. For information about why SCSs are a proven, evidence-based model that can work, go to: https://www.yestoscs.org/why-seattle/

The website determines how many days have passed since the recommendations were published and then multiplies that number by 0.9095890411 to estimate the number of deaths to date. That figure is then rounded down to a whole number.

Note: Our estimate does not account for the fact that the number of drug-related deaths in King County has increased every year since 2011. The data for 2018 may end up being higher than our estimates.

Sources of stories

The stories included on the site are intended to show the kinds of people being lost are not just numbers – they are our fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons, and daughters, they are our friends, and they are our neighbors.